Suitable for:

All Engineering Staff.

Summary:

-- Maintenance Philosophy, Operational Factors
-- Special Instructions and Schedules
-- Combustion Inspection
-- Liquid Penetrant Crack Detection
-- GT Maintenance Manual and its format
-- Unit layout and main groups of components
-- Criteria for re-use, repair of combustion components
-- Hot Gas Path Inspection
-- Major Overhaul

Objectives:

By the end of the course, delegates will have:

1) A sound understanding of the maintenance requirements of the Gas Turbine.
2) The skills necessary to perform unit overhauls and inspections.

Fees:

£1,650
Excluding accommodation and meals.

Locations & Dates:

Doha - March 21 – 25, 2010
Dubai - May 16 – 20 , 2010
Dubai - October 03 – 07, 2010
Doha - Nov. 28 – Dec. 02 , 2010

Course Presenter (s):

Professor Len Gelman
Professor Len Gelman has more than 25 year’s experience in signal processing, machinery failure analysis and prevention and vibro-acoustic monitoring of complex mechanical systems (e.g. rotating, reciprocating machinery, etc.) both in industry and academia.

He has been Principal Investigator on numerous contracts and grants, including grants from the USA National Academy of Sciences, USA National Research Council, USA International Science Foundation, USA Civilian Research and Development Foundation (twice), USA MacArthur Foundation, Lady Davis, Israel, Centro Volta, Italy and numerous UK grants and contracts, including UK Royal Society grant.

He is a Fellow of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and UK Institution of Diagnostic Engineers, Chairman of the Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Technology Technical Committee of the BINDT and Director of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (USA). He is the author of over 200 publications (including 17 patents) and 11 keynote papers in the area of machinery failure analysis and prevention and vibro-acoustic monitoring.

He is editor-in-chief of the book series “Condition monitoring” (Coxmoor, UK), Chair of 2007 World Congress on Engineering Asset Management, Honorary Co-Chair of 2007 and 2008 World Congresses of Engineering and Chair of 2008 Condition Monitoring Conference. He has participated in the scientific boards of numerous international conferences, has spent a large amount of time lecturing and consulting to industry in all parts of the world and has held visiting professor positions at 5 overseas universities. He is a Chief Designer of numerous technologies and engineering prototypes for fault detection/diagnosis/isolation.